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  • Meanwhile, as the world suffers through another year of severe droughts and floods, the evidence is growing that the planet is over-heating, and that climate change is here to stay, but in the U.S. and elsewhere policy is being dictated by the climate deniers.

    Robert Walker: The Era of Living Dangerously Robert Walker 2011

  • Meanwhile, as the world suffers through another year of severe droughts and floods, the evidence is growing that the planet is over-heating, and that climate change is here to stay, but in the U.S. and elsewhere policy is being dictated by the climate deniers.

    Robert Walker: The Era of Living Dangerously Robert Walker 2011

  • As we all know, the metabolic cost of dehydration and over-heating will far outweigh any aerodynamic gain.

    Training Center: Which gives more bang for the buck: an aero helmet or aero wheels? 2010

  • The main challenges for emerging market economies have certainly to do with the risk of over-heating, and in low income countries, the question of food and fuel prices is coming back with the risk of having something as important and strong and difficult as we had in 2008, Strauss-Kahn said.

    IMF, World Bank Warn Against Complacency 2011

  • Those parts of the economy that were stimulated in 2008-09 are already over-heating.

    World Bank warns of global recession 2012

  • Another sign of over-heating is a dog's tongue hanging out of the side of his/her mouth!

    Summer Gun Dog Training: The Dangers of Heat Stroke 2009

  • Ballooning Interest With money flooding into ETFs for all these reasons, there are concerns the market is over-heating.

    Don't Lose Your Grip Emma Dunkley 2011

  • "Now both inflation and the current account positions are flashing red lights and suggesting clearly that the economy is over-heating and that more strident policy action is needed to rein in domestic demand," said RBS in a research note.

    Turkish Inflation Surges Yeliz Candemir 2011

  • Another sign of over-heating is a dog's tongue hanging out of the side of his/her mouth!

    Summer Gun Dog Training: The Dangers of Heat Stroke 2009

  • The main challenges for emerging market economies have certainly to do with the risk of over-heating, and in low income countries, the question of food and fuel prices is coming back with the risk of having something as important and strong and difficult as we had in 2008, Strauss-Kahn said.

    IMF, World Bank Warn Against Complacency 2011

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